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Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese-style woodblock print of a woman holding an umbrella and a baby. The woman has black hair styled in an updo, adorned with a hairpin. She wears a brown kimono with white trim and a black kimono underneath featuring a light green wave pattern. The baby, dressed in an orange kimono with a white diamond pattern, is being held in front of her. The woman grasps a parasol with a blue and white interior and a black handle in her right hand. The background of the print is beige, with Japanese text written vertically on the right side.

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608 × 900 px
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